The Return of Frank James
1940 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 142 votes
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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Western Movies
Discover popular and highly rated western movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
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Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
Purgatory
1999 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 126 votes
An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Rancho Notorious
1952 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 126 votes
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Ride Lonesome
1959 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 165 votes
On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Burrowers
2008 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 241 votes
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lucky Luke
1991 · TMDB 5.4/10 · 214 votes
Lucky Luke becomes the Sheriff of Daisy Town and runs out all the criminals. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 140 votes
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Hollow Point
2016 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 207 votes
Los Reyes County, Arizona. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Hanging Tree
1959 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 129 votes
Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Jauja
2014 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 131 votes
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Keeping Room
2014 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 227 votes
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Forty Guns
1957 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 144 votes
An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Westerner
1940 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 135 votes
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Big Trail
1930 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 133 votes
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Great Train Robbery
1903 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 713 votes
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Yearling
1946 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 105 votes
Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves? This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Face to Face
1967 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 113 votes
History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Solomon Bennett's outlaw gang. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Bend of the River
1952 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 218 votes
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory... This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Day of Anger
1967 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 158 votes
A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Cimarron
1931 · TMDB 5.6/10 · 149 votes
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.